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Updated on 8 Dec 2025, 12:28 IST
Class 5 EVS “From Tasting to Digesting” MCQs usually ask about how we taste different flavours like sweet, sour, and bitter, and how digestion starts in the mouth with chewing and saliva. Students also learn why food tastes less when we have a cold, because the nose cannot smell properly.
The chapter explains why chewing food well helps the body absorb nutrients, and what happens in the stomach where food mixes with digestive juices. Important ideas include Dr. Beaumont’s observations about digestion, the role of glucose in giving energy, eating balanced food, and the work done by organs like the tongue and stomach
This chapter helps students understand how we taste food and how our body digests it. It explains the work of the tongue, stomach, and other parts involved in digestion. Children learn to observe changes in food as it moves through the body. The MCQs check basic understanding of tasting and digestion, and each question comes with an easy solution. All questions follow the NCERT textbook and are useful for revision, homework practice, and exam preparation. The material is completely suitable for the 2025–26 academic session.
Which part of the body helps us taste food?
Answer: b) Tongue
Taste buds are present on the:
Answer: b) Tongue
Which taste can the tongue identify?
Answer: d) All of these
Which taste is felt at the tip of the tongue?
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Answer: c) Sweet
We feel bitter taste mostly on the:
Answer: c) Back of the tongue
Which taste helps warn us about spoiled food?
Answer: b) Bitter
Digestion begins in the:
Answer: b) Mouth
The process of breaking down food is called:
Answer: b) Digestion
Which teeth help us cut food?
Answer: c) Incisors
Which organ stores food for some time and churns it?
Answer: b) Stomach
Saliva helps in:
Answer: c) Breaking food into soft pieces
Food becomes soft in the mouth because of:
Answer: b) Saliva
The food pipe is also called the:
Answer: b) Esophagus
Food moves from the mouth to the stomach through the:
Answer: b) Food pipe
Which organ absorbs nutrients from food?
Answer: c) Small intestine
The last part of the digestive system is the:
Answer: c) Large intestine
Which organ makes digestive juices?
Answer: d) All of these
Food gives us:
Answer: a) Energy
What helps us smell food?
Answer: b) Nose
Smell and taste work together to:
Answer: b) Help us know food flavour
Which of these is NOT a taste?
Answer: c) Rough
Spicy food gives a:
Answer: b) Burning feeling
After chewing, food becomes:
Answer: b) Soft paste
The stomach churns food with:
Answer: c) Digestive juices
The main job of the tongue is to:
Answer: d) All of these
Sour taste is mostly felt on the:
Answer: b) Sides of the tongue
Bitter things taste:
Answer: c) Bad
Papaya or banana becomes mushy when eaten because:
Answer: d) Saliva digests them
Which of these helps digest food faster?
Answer: a) Eating slowly
Digested food enters the blood from the:
Answer: b) Small intestine
Undigested food is removed from the body through the:
Answer: b) Large intestine
Which of these helps break down food in the stomach?
Answer: b) Juices
Which part tastes the salty flavour best?
Answer: a) Sides of the tongue
Which taste tells us the food may be spoiled?
Answer: c) Bitter
Food does NOT pass through the:
Answer: c) Heart
We should chew food properly because:
Answer: b) It helps digestion
Which organ helps in filtering blood?
Answer: a) Kidney
Children like sweets because they:
Answer: b) Taste sweet
Which of these helps us enjoy food flavours?
Answer: c) Both tongue and nose
The soft mixture formed in the stomach is called:
Answer: c) Chyme
When food smells bad, we should:
Answer: c) Throw it away
Which food is easiest to digest?
Answer: b) Fruits
Which part of the body pushes food down the food pipe?
Answer: b) Muscles
What should we do while eating?
Answer: c) Chew well
The tongue also helps us:
Answer: d) All of these
A spicy taste is usually felt as:
Answer: b) Burning
Which is the longest part of the digestive system?
Answer: c) Small intestine
Which part of the tongue tastes sour things more?
Answer: c) Sides
When we chew food, it becomes easier for the stomach to:
Answer: b) Churn it
Digestion ends in the:
Answer: c) Large intestine
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It explains how we taste food and how our body digests it. It covers the tongue, taste buds, stomach, and other parts of the digestive system.
The tongue helps us taste food. It has taste buds that sense different flavours.
Tiny bumps on the tongue that help us feel sweet, sour, salty, and bitter tastes.
Sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and spicy sensations.
Mostly at the tip of the tongue.
At the back of the tongue.
The nose helps us smell food, and smell + taste together help us know the real flavour.
Because a blocked nose reduces our sense of smell, so the food seems tasteless.
Digestion is the process of breaking food into simple parts that the body can use for energy.
Digestion begins in the mouth when we chew food and mix it with saliva.
Saliva softens the food and starts breaking it down.
Chewing makes food soft and easy for the stomach to digest.
It is also called the esophagus. It carries food from the mouth to the stomach.